"I am in charge and will last"
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 4.There is "no foundation" to the "insinuation" that there are two power centres in the United Progressive Alliance Government, the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, said at his first formal press conference here today. He also ...

India, Pakistan to continue dialogue
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 4.The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan, Shyam Saran and Riaz Khokhar, today agreed to recommend to their Foreign Ministers, who meet over the next two days, that the composite dialogue process be continued. This ...

Russian school siege toll crosses 360
MOSCOW, SEPT. 4.The school hostage episode in southern Russia has left over 360 people dead and more than 700 wounded, a top prosecutor said today. The three-day siege came to a bloody end on Friday when Russian commandos stormed the school in ...

Opponents trying to derail reforms: Gayoom
COLOMBO, SEPT. 4. The President of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, has extended an open invitation to the international human rights group, Amnesty International, to visit the atoll-nation to study the prison conditions, which have come under ...

Lawyers, transport employees clash
LUCKNOW, SEPT. 4. In a fresh outbreak of violence, a lawyer suffered gunshot injuries during a clash between agitating advocates and employees of the Uttar Pradesh Road Transport Corporation near the High Court building here today. The trouble ...

Patil offers talks
SHILLONG, SEPT. 4. The Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil, today extended an invitation to the ULFA and other groups in the North-East for unconditional talks at any level for restoring peace in the region. UNI ...

4 policemen killed in blast
RANCHI, SEPT. 4. Four policemen were killed and three critically injured in a landmine explosion triggered by the banned MCC extremists near Khaki forest in Giridih district late last night. UNI ...

Morena SP shifted
BHOPAL, SEPT. 4. The Superintendent of Police of Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, Rajesh Gupta, was tonight shifted to the State police headquarters here in the wake of arson at Porsa following the killing of a BSF jawan on mistaken identity. ...

Orders tomorrow
HUBLI, SEPT. 4.Release of the BJP leader, Uma Bharti, might lead to a serious law and order situation in Karnataka, said the Assistant Public Prosecutor, N. Nagendrappa, before the Judicial Magistrate First Class-II, Mohammed Ismail, who posted ...